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5As discussed in the Preliminary Determination 

PDM, Commerce found the following company to 

be cross-owned with RMPL: Rajhans Alloys Private 

Limited (RAPL). However, effective March 11, 2016, 

RAPL was amalgamated with RMPL, and since 

then, ceased to be a separate entity. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce instructed U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash 

deposits and suspend liquidation of 

entries of subject merchandise as 

described in the scope of the 

investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after September 29, 

2023, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. The suspension of 

liquidation ordered in the Preliminary 

Determination will remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Additionally, pursuant to section 

705(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(d), where appropriate, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to require 

a cash deposit equal to the estimated 

individual countervailable subsidy rate 

or the estimated all-others rate, as 

indicated in the chart above, effective 

on the date of publication of this final 

determination. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty order 

and require a cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties for such entries of 

subject merchandise in the amounts 

indicated above, in accordance with 

section 706(a) of the Act. If the ITC 

determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated, and 

all estimated duties deposited or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or canceled. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this final 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of its final affirmative determination 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

brass rod from India. As Commerce’s 

final determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 705(b) of the 

Act, the ITC will determine, within 45 

days, whether the domestic industry in 

the United States is materially injured, 

or threatened with material injury, by 

reason of imports of brass rod from 

India. In addition, we are making 

available to the ITC all non-privileged 

and non-proprietary information related 

to this investigation. We will allow the 

ITC access to all privileged and business 

proprietary information in our files, 

provided the ITC confirms that it will 

not disclose such information, either 

publicly or under an administrative 

protective order (APO), without the 

written consent of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Administrative Protective Order 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to the APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: December 11, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are brass rod and bar (brass rod), which is 

defined as leaded, low-lead, and no-lead 

solid brass made from alloys such as, but not 

limited to the following alloys classified 

under the Unified Numbering System (UNS) 

as C27450, C27451, C27460, C34500, C35000, 

C35300, C35330, C36000, C36300, C37000, 

C37700, C48500, C67300, C67600, and 

C69300, and their international equivalents. 

The brass rod subject to this investigation 

has an actual cross-section or outside 

diameter greater than 0.25 inches but less 

than or equal to 12 inches. Brass rod crosssections may be round, hexagonal, square, or 

octagonal shapes as well as special profiles 

(e.g., angles, shapes), including hollow 

profiles. 

Standard leaded brass rod covered by the 

scope contains, by weight, 57.0–65.0 percent 

copper; 0.5–3.0 percent lead; no more than 

1.3 percent iron; and at least 15 percent zinc. 

No-lead or low-lead brass rod covered by the 

scope contains by weight 59.0–76.0 percent 

copper; 0–1.5 percent lead; no more than 

0.35 percent iron; and at least 15 percent 

zinc. Brass rod may also include other 

chemical elements (e.g., nickel, phosphorous, 

silicon, tin, etc.). 

Brass rod may be in straight lengths or 

coils. Brass rod covered by this investigation 

may be finished or unfinished, and may or 

may not be heated, extruded, pickled, or 

cold-drawn. Brass rod may be produced in 

accordance with ASTM B16, ASTM B124, 

ASTM B981, ASTM B371, ASTM B453, 

ASTM B21, ASTM B138, and ASTM B927, 

but such conformity to an ASTM standard is 

not required for the merchandise to be 

included within the scope. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is brass ingot, which is a casting 

of unwrought metal unsuitable for 

conversion into brass rod without remelting, 

that contains, by weight, at least 57.0 percent 

copper and 15.0 percent zinc. 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7407.21.9000, 7407.21.7000, 

and 7407.21.1500 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Products subject to the scope may also enter 

under HTSUS subheadings 7403.21.0000, 

7407.21.3000, and 7407.21.5000. The HTSUS 

subheadings and UNS alloy designations are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. The written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Subsidies Valuation Information 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Discussion of the Issue 

Comment: Whether Commerce Correctly 

Calculated Advance Authorization 

Program Benefits 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty 

Reporting System 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 


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1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on October 4, 

2023 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty 

Reporting System. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0492. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Average Time per Response: Five 

minutes for the request to be placed on 

the eligible list per year; 3 hours for 

required vessel markings; 10 minutes for 

logbook entries; 5 minutes for each set 

of two hail reports for border crossings 

per year. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 20 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for an 

extension of a current information 

collection. The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), West Coast 

Region (WCR), manages the United 

States (U.S.)—Canada Albacore Tuna 

Treaty of 1981 (Treaty). Owners of 

vessels that fish from U.S. West Coast 

ports for albacore tuna (Thunnus 

alalunga) are required to notify the 

NMFS WCR of their desire to be on the 

list of vessels provided to Canada each 

year indicating vessels eligible to fish 

for albacore tuna in waters under the 

jurisdiction of Canada. Additionally, 

vessel operators are required to report in 

advance their intention to fish in 

Canadian waters prior to crossing the 

maritime border as well as to mark their 

fishing vessels to facilitate enforcement 

of the effort limits under the Treaty. 

Vessel operators are also required to 

maintain and submit a logbook of all 

catch and fishing effort. The regulations 

implementing the reporting and vessel 

marking requirements under the Treaty 

are at 50 CFR part 300.172–300.176. If 

a vessel enters into Canadian waters 

without adhering to these regulations, 

they will be in violation of the treaty 

and Canadian enforcement may issue a 

fine or a warning. 

The estimated burden below includes 

hours to complete the logbook 

requirement, although it is assumed that 

most if not all of the respondents 

already complete the required logbook 

under the mandatory West Coast Highly 

Migratory Species Fishery Management 

Plan (HMS FMP), OMB Control No. 

0648–0223. Duplicate reporting under 

the Treaty and HMS FMP is not 

required. Most years, there will be much 

less fishing (and thus less reporting) 

under the Treaty than the level on 

which the estimate is based. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0492. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID: USA–2023–HQ–0017] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE), Department of the Army, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 60-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

USACE announces a proposed public 

information collection and seeks public 

comment on the provisions thereof. 

Comments are invited on: whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 16, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, 

Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to Headquarters U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, 441 G St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20314–0001, ATTN: 

Ms. Mindy Simmons, or call 202–761– 

4127. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Estuary Habitat Restoration 

Program Inventory; OMB Control 

Number: 0710–ESTU. 

Needs and Uses: The Estuary 

Restoration Act of 2000 (ERA) 

established an Estuary Habitat 

Restoration Program (EHRP) that 

provides funding to restoration projects. 

Funded projects are required to 

complete the collection tool so project 

information (e.g., location, habitat type, 

goals, status, monitoring information) 

can be included in the EHRP database 

mandated by the ERA. The benefit of 

data collection is to document the 

restoration actions implemented, as well 

as the monitoring results to understand 

the success of each project. EHRP 

project information will be submitted by 


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